๐ข๐ธ ๐๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ช๐ ๐ด๐ท๐ธ๐ ๐๐ธ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป
๐๐ท๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ต ๐๐ฒ๐ผ ๐บ๐พ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฝ ๐น๐ธ๐๐ฎ๐ป,
๐๐ฎ๐ฝ ๐พ๐ผ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฒ๐ต๐ ๐ด๐ฎ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฒ๐ท ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ต๐ฎ๐ท๐ฌ๐ฎ
๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ช๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ท ๐๐ธ๐พ๐ป-
๐๐ธ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐พ๐ท๐ญ๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ๐ฝ๐ช๐ท๐ญ ๐๐ธ๐ญ’๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ป๐ฎ๐ช๐ฝ๐ท๐ฎ๐ผ๐ผ
๐๐ท๐ญ ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐พ๐ผ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฝ๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฑ ๐ญ๐ช๐
๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ผ๐ธ๐พ๐ต ๐ถ๐พ๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ช๐ป๐ท ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฝ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ถ
๐๐ท ๐ช ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ช๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐๐ช๐,
๐๐ธ๐ป ๐ธ๐พ๐ป ๐๐ช๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ต๐ต๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ฌ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ต๐ญ๐ป๐ฎ๐ท
๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฝ ๐ฒ๐ฏ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ธ๐พ๐ต๐ญ ๐ด๐ท๐ธ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐ต๐ต
๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐พ๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐ถ ๐ฒ๐ท ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ต๐ฎ๐ท๐ฌ๐ฎ
๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ท ๐ช๐ต๐ต ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ต๐ถ ๐ช๐ท๐ญ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ต๐ต…
๐๐ธ๐ป ๐ท๐ช๐ฝ๐พ๐ป๐ฎ’๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ป๐ฎ๐ช๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ฏ๐ธ๐ป๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ผ
๐๐ป๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ธ๐พ๐ท๐ญ ๐ฒ๐ท ๐บ๐พ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฝ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ๐ผ
๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ ๐ผ๐ธ๐ฏ๐ฝ๐ต๐ ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ผ๐ท๐ธ๐๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ด๐ฎ๐ผ
๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ธ๐๐ท ๐ธ๐ท ๐ช๐ท๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ต’๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ๐ผ,
๐๐ป ๐น๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ช๐ต๐ผ ๐ญ๐ป๐ธ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ผ๐ธ๐พ๐ท๐ญ๐ต๐ฎ๐ผ๐ผ๐ต๐
๐๐ป๐ธ๐ถ ๐ช ๐ต๐ธ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ต๐ ๐ฏ๐พ๐ต๐ต-๐ซ๐ต๐ธ๐๐ท ๐ป๐ธ๐ผ๐ฎ,
๐ข๐ธ ๐๐ธ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ธ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ผ ๐ฌ๐ต๐ธ๐ผ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐พ๐ผ
๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ท ๐ธ๐พ๐ป ๐ผ๐ธ๐พ๐ต๐ผ ๐ช๐ป๐ฎ ๐ฒ๐ท ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐ธ๐ผ๐ฎ…
๐ข๐ธ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ ๐พ๐ผ ๐น๐ต๐ช๐ท ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฑ ๐น๐ป๐ช๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฏ๐พ๐ต ๐ฌ๐ช๐ป๐ฎ
๐ฃ๐ธ ๐ช๐ต๐๐ช๐๐ผ ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ธ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฝ๐ฎ
๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฝ๐ช๐ฒ๐ท ๐น๐ธ๐ป๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ท ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฑ ๐ญ๐ช๐
๐ฃ๐ธ ๐ซ๐ฎ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ต๐ต ๐ช๐ท๐ญ ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ช๐ฝ๐ฎ…
๐๐ธ๐ป ๐๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ท ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐บ๐พ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฝ
๐๐ท๐ญ ๐๐ฎ’๐ป๐ฎ ๐ต๐ธ๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ฒ๐ท ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ช๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ท,
๐๐พ๐ป ๐ผ๐ธ๐พ๐ต ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ท ๐น๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐ช๐ป๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ
๐๐ธ๐ป ๐ช ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐น ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ท
๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฝ ๐๐ฒ๐ต๐ต ๐ถ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐๐ฑ๐ธ๐ต๐ต๐ ๐น๐ธ๐ผ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ซ๐ต๐ฎ
๐ฃ๐ธ ๐บ๐พ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ต๐ ๐ฎ๐ท๐ญ๐พ๐ป๐ฎ
๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ต๐ฎ๐ท๐ฝ ๐๐ธ๐ป๐ต๐ญ ๐ช๐ป๐ธ๐พ๐ท๐ญ ๐พ๐ผ-
๐๐ธ๐ป ๐๐ธ๐ญ ๐๐ฎ ๐ช๐ป๐ฎ ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐พ๐ป๐ฎ.
Category: ART & Poetry
A Special Christmas Eve…
ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย Before you go to sleep, my friends, and dream of Christmas morn, I wish to tell you of a legend that was to have happened around the shortly after Christ was born.
- The Legend of The Holly
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The Legend of
The Holly
ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย In haste from Bethlehem,
ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย And heard the tread of soldiers
ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย Coming in pursuit of them.
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There wasn’t any time at all
To find a hiding place,
For Herod’s men approached them
At a swift and steady pace.
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So Marry took her Little One
And with a whispered prayer,
Hid Him beneath a holly bush
With gentle, loving care.
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The wintered holly put forth leaves
To hide the Infant King,
And grew a guard of slender thorns
About Him in a ring.
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King Herod’s soldiers hurried past,
And all were unaware
The Infant whom they sought was safe
Within the holly’s care.
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The Christ Child blessed the holly then
So it would always be
Forever greenโ a sign of hope
Andย Immortality.
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So now, at Christmas, holly plays
A very special part
Because one night it gently held
The Christ Child in its heart.
Happiness Is a Gift By Alain
Above all, and this seems quite apparent to me, it is impossible to be happy if one does not have the desire to be happy; one must therefore, will one’s happiness, and create it.
What has not been sufficiently stressed is that we have an obligation toward others to be happy. It is often said that only the happy are loved; but it is forgotten that this recompense is just and deserved; for unhappiness, boredom, and despair are in the air we all breath; and so we owe thanks and a laurel wreath to those who dissipate the miasmas and, in a sense, purify life around us with their energetic example.
There is indeed nothing more profound in love than the vow to be happy.
What can be more difficult to overcome than the boredom, sadness, or unhappiness of those we love?
Every man and every woman should keep in mind the fact that happiness -I mean the happiness one conquers for oneself- is the most beautiful and the most generous gift one can give.
The Essence of a Friend…
We have many, many, many, acquaintancesย in thisย life, But Few real friends.
When you think about it you want to be sad, Don’t this is how its supposedย to be. I was trying to teach my teen daughter it is possible to have more than one best friend. where she argued a blue streak saying it just was not possible. I have learned otherwise there are different kinds ofย friends.
- The friendly acquaintance.
- ย ย ย ย Your casual friend( you know the one from high school you call every 6 mo to a year just to make sure their breathing, go camping or watch the super bowl with, or Ladies you go shopping twice a year.)
- ย ย ย ย Then there are your close friends,( You know the ones you hang with at the bar or coffee shop. once or twice a week.)
- ย ย ย ย Best friend type A:(the one you take to the gym, see every other day but still no call’s after 11pm. and youย share your every day strugglesย to a point)
- ย ย ย BEST Friend best of the best.(the ones you call family even though you’re not related. Brothers from differentย mothers and sisters of the same.You shareย everything day or night ups, downs there is never TMI.)
For me, I love all unconditionally, and sometimes its hard to distinguish between 1&2.
but it happens and I get hurt. In explaining this to my daughter she started to get it.
Sometimes when I think of the people I consider family, some I have known for years and some only months and some I even never seen or I have butย not in person all I do is talk to them on messenger or skype. but they are goodย people. you know how kids today say I have an app for that? well, I say I have a Friend for that.ย I have friends that share in most all of my interests and I have friends that share life experiences, so when I need my friends I go to the ones that can help the most first and then the rest. to start a spiral just
like the structure of the large shell, I’m in the center and all my Friends and Family are gathered around creating this strong support network.
Are you Getting it yet? its the same for you. there are some simple rules to follow…
- Always be Honest (Don’t Lie to your Friends)
- learn when to pleadย the fifth, ( to say I have no opinion)
- Always Listen, evenย when you think they’re totallyย out of their mind.
- ย Never Ever Take Yourย Friends For Granted!!!
- always have words of encouragement ready when needed.
- Don’t be afraid to tell yourย friends they are Messingย up.
- If you can, give yourย friend the tools to get back on track.This is when I teach. If they have needs that need to be met, use your best judgmentย and refer to rule 11.(as a rule, Iย always buy what they need if it concerns money if I have it. I never give Cash or checks to friends No offense.)
- Never leave an argument unsettled( if you cant agree, agree to disagree)
- ย Always let your friends know how you feel.
- always let them know they are loved.(give hugs when needed)
- The word NO is notย the end of a friendship.
- FORGIVENESS is not a weakness…
- All Apologies are from the heart and it is not a weakness to do so if you royally screwedย up, is a sign of the strength of your character.
๐๐ธ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฎ…
ย ย ย ย ย ย ย The wind is cold, the streets are dark and wet.
The masses are huddled in their coats Just trying to keep warm.
Up the walk, they scurry, Catching the scent of the Beans; On the wind.
And Seeing the warm glow of the Coffee shop window.
Oh, how they wish to be there quicker, 1,2,3, more steps with a sigh.
The warmth of the porthole soothes them, as they enter,
Seeing Friendly faces new and old.
One by One as it’s always done they approach the counter to order their brew,
So they can sit in a cozy corner and listen to a poem or two.
And fellowship with friends and maybe make new,
Enjoying Coffee Time Like We All Do…
~Trisha Morgan~
Survivor
Afraid, alone, ugly, dirty, weak, and Hopeless,
Always looking over my shoulder.
Running always running, Terrified.
Hiding within myself, the ground beneath me always falling away.
Huddled in a corner in the darkness. I’m a Victim.
Then a subtle light Growing ever stronger it’s Unconditionalย Love,
Selfless caring, Friendship.
Feeling stronger, loved, coming out of my shell,
Finding Hope washing myself clean
With the steadfast warmth of light
And togetherness of others that love
And acceptance of me for me.
No longer running.
Standing tall and teaching from the past.
See Me I am Strong, I am Beautiful,
I AM A SURVIVOR
This is dedicated to the friends and family who were there for me in 1984 & 1985.
Love to you All
Friends…
What Kind Of Friend Are You???
- The friend who only calls or comes round when you need something?
- The friend who if its not convenient it doesn’t matter to you?
- The two faced friend who loves me to my face and trash talks about me behind my back?
- The friend who is just a friend for what I can give you (stuff)?
- The friend who uses me for your fall guy?
- The mean friend who subtly bully’s me?
- The friend who takes me for granted?
- THE FRIEND WHO IS ALWAYS THERE NO MATTER WHAT?
- THE FRIEND WHO LIKES ME FOR ME?
- THE FRIEND WHO IS HONEST 99.9% OF THE TIME?
- THE FRIEND THAT DISTANCE DOESN’T MATTER YOU’LL CALL,TEXT, OR WRITE OFTEN OR WHEN POSSIBLE?
12. THE FRIEND WHO LOVES ME UNCONDITIONALLY?
I was not yelling. I was separating the good from the bad. Friendship is very important to personal growth and stability, allot of people go through life with out experiencing true friendship. And it’s sad. you don’t need to follow the crowd to have friends. sure its fun to fit in when it good clean fun like fashion, music and common interests. But acting like some one else is not good for you; you need to be you. If you don’t know who you are trying new things is good as long as they are legal and you aren’t going to hurt your self doing them. to be liked you must Like your self.
I know that can be hard some times and some times you need a helping hand to show you how to do this. Self respect and self esteem go hand in hand .
And always remember that what you say and what you do out in the world is how people in the world see you and make their opinions of you.IF YOU DON’T ACT LIKE AN ASS AT HOME, DON’T ACT LIKE ONE IN PUBLIC!
Words can Hit harder than a slap. So think before you speak. you will make more friends that way.
You know I just went over the don”ts. And did not help any one make friends. Well here it is its simple , smile and say hi. Sometimes it just happens you start talking to some one ohย I don’t know at the Dr.’s office or the park or the food court at the mall and things build from there or its someone from work or school. I used bad grammar on purpose to make a point. sometimes a random act of kindness can be an Icebreaker just don’t be creepy about it. If you are trying to make friends with someone who is standoffish and a little rude find out what interests them it might be something you like to do to or something new you might like.
well, I’m going to close with a poem from a friend.
ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย A blessed thing it is for any man or woman to have a friend,
one human soul whom we can trust utterly,
who knows the best and worst of us,
and who loves us in spite of all our faults…
by: CHARLES KINGSLEY
Circus work can be punishing, and for the performers of Cirque de Soleil, the extreme safety measures donโt always preventย fatalities.
via Circus, Interrupted: Watching an Accident at Cirque du Soleil โ Longreads
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